Where does “DVD-spiller” come from?

DVD-spiller (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål DVD, from English DVD — an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media.

DVD-spiller (Norwegian Bokmål): DVD player

Definitions

  1. DVD player

Ancestry of “DVD-spiller”, step by step

DVD-spiller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål DVD

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålDVDDVD
2EnglishDVDan optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media

via Norwegian Bokmål spiller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålspillera player; present of spille
Every word from English DVDEvery word from Norwegian Bokmål DVD